AVERY – Calaveras County sheriff's deputies are still searching for a 39-year-old Mountain Ranch man who allegedly shot and wounded his brother during a birthday party in Avery over the weekend.

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AVERY – Calaveras County sheriff's deputies are still searching for a 39-year-old Mountain Ranch man who allegedly shot and wounded his brother during a birthday party in Avery over the weekend.

Lee Wilson, an avid outdoorsman, is being considered by Calaveras County deputies to be armed and dangerous.

The brother, 37-year-old Jimmy Wilson of Avery, was wounded in the shoulder and was treated and released from a Modesto hospital, according to a Calaveras County Sheriff's Department statement released Monday about the Saturday evening shooting.

The Wilson brothers were attending a birthday party for a relative at a home on Sorrel Way in Avery when they got into an argument, according to the Calaveras County sheriff's statement. Lee Wilson allegedly shot Jimmy Wilson in the shoulder and then left the area on foot before deputies arrived.

Lee Wilson's 17-year-old daughter followed him and was missing until Monday when she was found unharmed at Big Trees State Park.

The sheriff's Special Weapons and Tactics team search for Wilson on Saturday after the shooting, but did not find him.

Wilson is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing camouflage clothing.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Calaveras County Sheriff's Department at (209) 754-6500 or the anonymous tip line at (209) 754-6030.

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